 | Term | Definition |
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Allay |
reduce the intensity |
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Allude |
mention indirectly |
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Elude |
evade, escape from |
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Allusion |
a reference or a hint |
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Illusion |
something that isn't what it seems to be, a misleading perception; an erroneous concept or belief |
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Can |
ability or power to do something |
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May |
permission to do something |
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Borne |
to support, to carry, to hold in mind, to suffer |
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stationary |
fixed in one place |
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stationery |
writing paper |
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complement |
to complete a whole; bring to perfection |
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compliment |
praise |
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migrate |
to move from one locality to another; to regularly move from one region to another |
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emigrate |
to leave a country and take up residence elsewhere |
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immigrate |
to enter a country to take up residence |
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censor |
to suppress on grounds of morals or obscenity; one who censors |
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censure |
to criticize harshly, deliver a rebuke |
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Tremulous |
characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness. |
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Optimistic |
disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome |
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Pessimism |
A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view |
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censure |
harsh criticism or disapproval |
